Granada

By Lyn Miller

Her lips were turning blue. They were dusky, much like the sky beyond the windshield. The engine of her 1955 Lincoln purred quietly after the race it had run from deep in the heart of the city to where it sat now high above the ocean on a rock cliff. She fancied it was tired, too. These thoughts flashed in her mind disjointedly, not like the continual flow she normally had.Her gown was completely saturated with blood. There was no way for her to staunch the flow herself. It had been a true work of art the way the dress fit her, revealed one last time what had once been a great work of art by God's hand. Now both pieces of artistry were gone.She knew this was it. The end of the line. Although she had anticipated this outcome, she realized she really had no way to prepare herself for this very moment. The very moment she would look death in the face and transition to whatever came next for her. She knew, too, that what she had done may not be forgiven. The wrong thing done for the right reasons doesn't abolish the blame. Whatever came next. At one time she wanted no more next. She had rallied and transitioned to this moment throughout her life. Now all the nexts she was ever going to have were spent.She longed for the strength to cry. She thought of him.Had he survived? That had been all she wanted. For him to walk away with his life intact. It hurt so to think of him. She wanted desperately his face, his arms, his lips. Foolish longing only made her predicament more painful.Would he come? Would he make it to her in time? He had before. But this time, was he already waiting on the other side?***In the 1950's world of glamor and show business, one woman struggles to survive amid the power and influence of two separate crime families. Born into a life destined to be the property of dominant men who take without consideration, Marie Barelli lives out her life surviving with the one thing she has: Her voice.A chance meeting with a legend sets into motion a series of events that lead her to make a desperate decision. Live a life of fear and subservience, or sacrifice for a greater cause. From the streets of Los Angeles, to the stages of New York, Granada paints the portraits of iconic lives melded together by circumstance and chance meetings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530890667
• ISBN13: 9781530890668
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 510 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 1.3" x 6.0"